Azure Platform Engineer — Remote Cloud Ops

Bright Vision Technologies; Chesterfield (MO); Remote; USD 133,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is hiring an Azure Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale Microsoft Azure cloud platforms. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle, including architecture, infrastructure-as-code, automation, security hardening, cost optimization, observability, and operational excellence for production workloads.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in cloud engineering with 3+ years on Azure, hands-on experience with Azure services, AKS, Terraform, Bicep, ARM

Qualifications

• Five or more years of cloud engineering experience, with at least three years focused on Microsoft Azure in production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure core services (compute, storage, networking, identity, PaaS).
• Production-level experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Solid experience designing and operating AKS clusters at scale.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
• Deep understanding of cloud security principles, identity management, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience implementing monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies across distributed workloads.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure.
• Own end-to-end cloud engineering lifecycle including architecture, IaC, automation, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with application development, security, and SRE teams to deliver cloud-native solutions.
• Implement security hardening, observability, and ongoing operational excellence for production workloads.
• Provide documentation and guidance to ensure scalability, reliability, and compliance.

Skills

Azure Expertise

Terraform

Bicep

ARM Templates

AKS

CI/CD

Scripting (PowerShell/Bash/Python)

Cloud Security & Compliance

Observability & Monitoring

Troubleshooting

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM Templates

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is hiring an Azure Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale Microsoft Azure cloud platforms. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle, including architecture, infrastructure-as-code, automation, security hardening, cost optimization, observability, and operational excellence for production workloads.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in cloud engineering with 3+ years on Azure, hands-on experience with Azure services, AKS, Terraform, Bicep, ARM